The 2024 DTA season, is the 21st season of the third most important Uruguayan basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 8 June 2024 with the regular season and ended on 23 September 2024 with the second game of the third promotion playoff.
The champion was Atenas, who defeated Marne in the final and returned to Liga de Ascenso after having been relegated by abandonment.
Atenas was the first team to be promoted, beating Yale 2-0 in the semi-finals. Minutes later, Marne also gained promotion, defeating Albatros 2-0.
The two losers played a playoff for the third promotion, where Yale beat Albatros 2-0.
Teams
Promotion, relegation and abandonments (pre-season) A total of 11 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2023 season and one relegated from the 2023 El Metro.
Miramar, which was relegated last year from the El Metro, decided not to participate this season. Also, Layva and Deportivo Paysandú, who received sanctions for incidents last tournament, forfeited this tournament either.
Teams relegated from El Metro Atenas Miramar
Teams promoted to Liga de Ascenso Montevideo Bohemios
Venues and locations <onlyinclude>
ClubCityArenaCapacityAlbatrosGimnasio Albatros125AtenasEstadio Antonio María Borderes1,565Ateneo PiriápolisGimnasio Alfredo L. Núñez750AuriblancoGimnasio Roberto Vázquez350CapurroGimnasio Guillermo J. Ríos150DanubioGimnasio Defensores de Maroñas350Defensores de MaroñasGimnasio Defensores de Maroñas400Juventud Las PiedrasEstadio Federal Cirilio Malnatti1,000MarneGimnasio Trouville780San Telmo Rápido SportGimnasio Lussich Rolando500YaleCampo de Deportes Luis Ruocco500
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Albatros Nicolás Ellis Fabrizio Viacava Sporty's Atenas Guido Fernández Camilo Colman Kelme Ateneo Fernando Cabral Fernando Cestaro Maxpe Sport Auriblanco Mauricio Biderman Facundo Yaquinta Sporty's Capurro Fernando Cabrera Andrés Rodríguez MGR Danubio Matías Bueno Federico Álvarez Starbade Defensores de Maroñas Pedro Xavier Daniel Dacal MGR Juventud Humberto Sánchez Sergio Castello Elite Marne Fabián Narbais Matías Nicoletti Sporty's San Telmo Rápido Sport Javier Masner Javier Crocano Concreto Yale Ignacio Ortiz Emilio Taboada Sports Dreams
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Yale Javier Masner Pre-season End of contract 31 December 2023 Ignacio Ortiz 21 April 2024 Auriblanco Andrés Jones 31 December 2023 8 June 2024 San Telmo Rápido Sport Nicolás Scarabino Signed by Tabaré 8 January 2024 Javier Masner 18 May 2024 Atenas Signed by Bohemios 23 January 2024 Guido Fernández 28 March 2024 Ignacio Ortega End of contract 31 January 2024 Fernando Cabrera 25 May 2024 Defensores de Maroñas Resigned 8 April 2024 8 April 2024 Ateneo Juan Carlos Werstein 25 April 2024 Fernando Cabral 25 April 2024 Auriblanco Mauricio Biderman 10th (1–9) Resigned 15 July 2024 Ernesto Dorrego 16 July 2024 Juventud Andrés Antúnez 7th (4–8) Resigned 24 July 2024 Humberto Sánchez 24 July 2024 San Telmo Rápido Sport Javier Masner 7th (6–12) 12 August 2024 Juan Álvarez 12 August 2024
Regular season
The Regular season was the first stage of the DTA. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The first eight of the table will play the play-offs, and the last five will be eliminated.
League table
Results
Play-offs
The two finalists of this stage will promote, and play a single-match final to crown the champion. The losers play a best-of-three serie for the third promotion.
Source: FUBB
Final standings Team Seed Promotion or relegation Champion 1 Atenas262332 Promotion to Liga de Ascenso Runners-up 2 Marne252231 Promotion to Liga de Ascenso Promotion play-off winner 3 Yale261973 Promotion to Liga de Ascenso Promotion play-off loser 4 Albatros2614124 Eliminated in quarter-finals 5 Defensores de Maroñas229135 6 San Telmo Rápido Sport228146 7 Auriblanco238157 8 Capurro2210128 Eliminated at regular season 9 Juventud206149 10 Danubio2031710 11 Ateneo2041611
Statistical leaders
Points
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Rebounds
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Blocks
Source: FUBB
Notes
References
External links Official website DTA in Basquettotal.com DTA in FUBB website